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- "EDWIN REED, or KINGSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LettersPatcnt No.4 105,846, dated J'uly 26, 1870.

IMPRVED MACHINE POR. PRESSING- SEAMS ANI)v .CT'JJIN' G- WELTS FOR BOOTS' AND SHGES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent sind xxmkting` of the same.

Toall whom 'itfma'y concern.-` Y

Be it known that I, EDWIN REED, of Kingston, in' the county of Plymouth and -State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new und useful vImprovements in, a Machinefor Pressing Scams and Cutting` Welts of Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specication.

Nature and Objects' of the Inmmtion.v The nature of 4my invention consists in certain improveniente o n themachinepatented byme, and dated February 23, 1'869, and'No. 87,200.

through the presser-bars.

A B gives the required pressure on the stocks. Figure 3 is a plan of my machine.

GeneraLDescr/iplon.

' As the generaldetails of `my machinehavevalready been described in'the above-mentioned Letters Pateilt, I Shall only describe the novel-featureA o f-the ma c une. y

Thepi'esser-barABis dividedlongitudinallythroughout its entire length, as shown, the parts A B being hung upon separate pivots, t t', fig. 1, so that they may vibrate independently of each other.

S, iig. 1, is a screw or pin," passing through a'slot made in A', and is Aaiiixed to B.,-

The spring D, figs. 1 and 2, is divided, .as-shown in iig. 2, so that a separate pressure is brought to bear.

upon each part A B of the presser-bar.

H is a cum, placed, as shown, .under the spring D,

and is operated by the lever K.

The spring D is so aneugedfthat whenthe cam ]:`[v does not press it up, it is not in contact with the' presser-har, and thus allows the small centerspring G to depress the rear endof the presserbar, and thus elevate. the former end, together with the presser-feet A1 and B', thus removing t-hem from the feed-wheel, to 'allowthe operator to more conveniently handlethe stock.

N N are adjusting set-screws passing through the parts of the presser-bar, as Shown, and resting upon v.the spring D, and serve to adjust the presserfbars.

4L L' are stopscrcws, which serve tolimit the mo.

tion ofthe presser-bar, and thus keep the presser-feet ofi' from the feed-wheel E, when there is stock in. v

My object in dividing the presser-bar A B is to allow the presser-feet A' and 'B' to adjust themselves to different thicknesses of I stock when different thicknesses occur in the same piece of work.

-. I claim as my invention-'- A 1. The divided presser-bar A B, operating substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of" the divided spring` D with the cam H, divided bar A B, and the stop-screws L L', when operating together, and fox-'the purpose subj stantially as described.

EDWIN REED.

Witnesses: l FRANK G. PARKER E. A. 'NIoKERSoiL 

